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A Seat at the Table

IT Leadership in the Age of Agility

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By: Mark Schwartz
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Agile, Lean, and DevOps approaches are radical game changers, providing a fundamentally different way to think about how IT fits into the enterprise, how IT leaders lead, and how IT can harness technology to accomplish the objectives of the enterprise. But honest and open conversations are not taking place between management and Agile delivery teams.

In A Seat at the Table, CIO Mark Schwartz explores the role of IT leadership as it is now and opens the door to reveal IT leadership as it should be - an integral part of the value creation engine. With wit and easy style, Schwartz reveals that the only way to become an Agile IT leader is to be courageous - to throw off the attitude and assumptions that have kept CIOs from taking their rightful seat at the table. CIOs, step on up, your seat at the table is waiting for you.

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Wow! This book was something else! It gave me new perspectives to reflect on that I’ve never thought about. My biggest personal question is, if while focusing on service have a created a dependent IT nanny state in my org? This and other insights await...

Essential reading for IT leaders

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Excelente opción, da una explicación muy profunda del paradigma del significado de "Ágile and lean IT" vs los modelos de administración de IT mas comunes.

Excelente Libro

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Good read! Hit on some extremely relevant points but also extremely biased toward agile methods.

Great content slightly overgeneralized

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Great book that touches on many of the problems plaguing information technology practitioners (IT Operations, DevOps, Cybersecurity) as we make that transition into what has become a very tech savvy business environment. Moving towards Agile project management, embracing and collaborating with Shadow IT, and ditching the IT Contractor Control Model are all subjects that are adeptly discussed and solutioned. An overall great book that will change the way we think about our approach to this current "digital" disruption.

Must read for today's technologists!

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It is worth trying again, because content was interesting as my app seemingly was not right.

chapters were not technically right

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This book is full of relevant and helpful information, but it is the kind of book which th so many important points, I found it a challenge to absorb it all in one pass. If my attention strayed even for a moment, I found myself hitting rewind to make sure I didn’t miss it.

Fantastic book. But my advice is, don’t try to listen while driving.

Dense for an audio book

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The best IT Management book have read this far. Started implementing philosophies throughout reading the book.

Highly Recommend

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A good reference work with a lot of great content but there is a lot of references to philosophy.

Good book but ...

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Clearly reasoned recommendations for how to orgaanise IT and what type of thinking best works to achieve value and react to changes. This would also work as intro to agile thinking

Great overview to agile with sharp focus on concrete leadership role

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If DevOps & Agile transform how developers and engineers think, then what do IT "leaders" bring to this revolution? This book was an articulate treatise on the IT Leader as "Business Leader" in marshaling the true impact and value of DevOps & agile to the business world.

Sage, practical, visionary & courageous

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